Historian Meredith Oyen explains how disagreements over the history of the second world war and who fought the Japanese are central to tensions between China and Taiwan. Listen on The Conversation Weekly podcast.
- Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Japan surrendered to the Chinese nationalist army in September 1945. But since then, Beijing has played up the role of communist fighters.
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